Device for protecting a cover, the use of a device for protecting a cover, a method of fitting a cover on a probe, and a method of making a device for protecting a cover
AssigneeArrow International Investments Corp.
InventorsGerard Hascoet, Thierry Pechoux
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for protecting a cover. According to the invention, said cover is flexible and tubular in shape being closed at one end and open at its other end, and said cover is disposed at least in part inside a hollow tubular protective element referred to as a protective tube, which element is open at both ends. The device of the invention is particularly suited for use in the medical field, in particular for covering, preferably in sterile manner, a tool that is to be inserted in an animal or a human being, in particular in a natural passage such as the esophagus, the urethra, the rectum, or a blood vessel.
Claims15
A device for protecting an intracorporeal probe, comprising:
- (a) a probe cover, comprising a hollow tube of flexible material configured and dimensioned for application over an intracorporeal probe, wherein the tube is closed at one end and open at its other end;
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- (b) a cover protector, comprising:
- (i) a hollow tubular protective element arranged for application over the probe cover such that at least a portion of the probe cover is inserted into the cover protector, wherein the protective element is open at both ends;
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- (ii) means for facilitating insertion of the probe cover into the cover protector, which comprise a flexible coupling mounted on that one of the open ends of the cover protector that is adjacent to the closed end of the probe cover, so as to enable temporary suction to be established between the probe cover and the cover protector at the closed end of the probe cover;
- wherein said temporary suction is produced by a removable means that is temporarily attached to said coupling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.